A Striking Case of Enantioinversion in Gold Catalysis and Its Probable Origins

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 12279-12284

  Ilg, Marina K ^a   Wolf, Larry M ^a   Mantilli, Luca ^a   Farès, Christophe ^a   Thiel, Walter ^a   Fürstner, Alois ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

density functional calculation; enantioinversion; gold; heterogeneous catalysis; phosphoramidites

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FREE ENERGY; GOLD;

COUNTERIONS; ENANTIOINVERSION; GOLD CATALYSIS; PHOSPHORAMIDITES; PROTIC SOLVENTS; REACTION FREE ENERGY; SILVER SALTS; TETRA-HYDROFURAN;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84939470244     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502160     Document Type: Article

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